For setting up Kerala Maritime Board (KMB), the Kerala government has submitted a proposal to the Union government. The proposed Board is intended to initiate all port-related activities and maritime cargo businesses in the state. The proposed KMB will come up at Maradu in Kochi with an initial investment of Rs 20 crore and will look at all possible avenues for port-related activities.
Category: Ports & Shipping
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Ennore Port to double its car storage capacity
To cater to the growing demand for car exports from Tamil Nadu, the Ennore Port is planning to double its car storage capacity from the existing 10,000 units in a year. The additional space at the port would be ready by the middle of 2014-15, the port Director-Operations Sanjay Kumar has said.
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Govt issues GO facilitating mercantile marine activity
The Union Ministry of Shipping has issued an order to facilitate trade using inland waterways and mercantile marine activity along coasts. The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued an order declaring waters inward of the baseline, as per the notification under Maritime Zone Act, as 'Inland Waters'.
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AP attracts lion’s share in port investments
Andhra Pradesh has claimed that it has surpassed Gujarat in attracting private investments in the port sector during the first six months of the current fiscal. This was stated by K Pradeep Chandra, the Commissioner for Industrial Promotion, Industry and Commerce Department of the State.
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Vizhinjam port in Kerala: MoEF to decide on EIA report
The Union Ministry of Environment and ForestsĆā (MoEF) Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) will take up for review of the report of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Vizhinjam seaport project in Kerala. The Kerala government had submitted the Environment Impact Assessment report and related documents in August for obtaining environment clearance for the project.
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River operating ships allowed in sea-waters to up trade
The Union Ministry of Shipping has issued an order to facilitate trade using inland waterways and mercantile marine activity along coasts. The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has issued an order declaring waters inward of the baseline, as per the notification under Maritime Zone Act, as 'Inland Waters'.
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Paradip port to launch shipment of marine products shortly
Pradip Port Trust (PPT) will start shipments of marine products from this September-end. This has been conveyed by the PPT Chairman Sudhanshu Shekhara Mishra to the Gorachand Mohanty, president, Seafood Exporters Association of India, Odisha region. PPT has assured marine exporters extension of all facilities, including a designated container yard for handling marine products and refrigerated container cargo.
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Fall in trade reduces turnaround time in major ports
Average turnaround and pre-berthing time for ships declined 7 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively at major ports during April and May 2013. The decline of these two variables, which indicate improved efficiency, is not due to capacity addition, but due to a fall in trade, as the number of vessels handled by ports fell from 3,260 to 3,139 during the period, reports indic
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PPT agrees to handle marine products cargo
From the end of September, Pradip Port Trust (PPT) agreed to handle export cargo of seafood or marine products through a designated container yard. The yard would handle marine products and refrigerated container cargo. The port authority agreed to handle the marine cargo during a meeting with the officials of the Seafood Expo
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Govt clears Beypore port project
Kerala government gave administrative approval for a Rs 380-lakh project to develop the Beypore port, Minister for Ports K Babu was quoted as saying in an official press note. Of the total amount, Rs 300 lakh would be spent on installing reach stackers for the movement of cargo containers from the wharf to the stacking